Fritz Feinhals (Cologne, 14.XII.1869 - München, 30.VIII.1940): German baritone and
Königlich-Bayerischer Kammersänger in München. Studied engineering sciences and polytechnics, studied singing with Prof. Alberto Selva (Padua) and Conservatorium Milan (Prof. Alberto Giovannini). Especially famous in Wagner.
1895-1897: Stadttheater Essen
1897-1898: Stadttheater Mainz
1898-1927: Münchener Hofoper; 1917: world première Palestrina (Hans Pfitzner)
1908-1909: Metropolitan Opera New York
Many Gastspiele in Paris, London (Covent Garden, 1898 and 1907); Wiener Hofoper; Frankfurt a. M. (1906-1911); Zürich, Brussels, Budapest, Amsterdam (1910)
After 1927: singing teacher in München
He made more than 50 records in the period 1901-1911 for Berliner (1901), Odeon (1908-1909), Gramophone (1909-1911) and Edison (1910).
Fritz Feinhals, baritone
Orchestra c.b. Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Recorded: 1909 VII, München
"Tannhäuser" (Wagner):
1 Blick ich umher
2 Lied an den Abendstern
78rpm 30 cm: Gramophone Monarch 042215/6
Matrix nrs.: 384s / 385s
"Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" (Wagner):
3 Fliedermonolog
4 Verachtet mir die Meister nicht
78rpm 30 cm: Gramophone Monarch 042217/8
Matrix nrs.: 386s / 389s